Tuesday, July 11, 2017

RIP John Karlsen

John Karlsen, sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen
or John Karlson died in Auckland, New Zealand on July 5, 2017. He was 97. Born
on October 20, 1919 in Wellington, New Zealand, he was very active in the
Italian cinema between 1958 and 2003 in roles as a character actor. He appeared
with directors such directors as Louis Malle, Joseph Losey, Roman Polanski,
Federico Fellini, Alessandro Blasetti, Dino Risi and Roberto Benigni. John has
appeared in over 80 films and television appearances. He may be best remembered
for his role of the Evil Duke in “Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure” in
1989. Karlsen played the University Dean in Sergio Sollima’s 1967 film “Face to
Face” starring Tomás Milian, Gian Maria Volonte and William Berger.

2 comments:

Yes that was reported by voice actor Ted Rusoff but has been discarded by author Harris Lentz who stated on Facebook yesterday that was found to be unreliable on several occasions even suspected of faking a report on his own death once to see what type of reaction it would get.

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Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010.